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precancel

precancel verb: to cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it.

precancel: to cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it
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Verb

precancel (third-person singular simple present precancels, present participle (US) precanceling or (UK) precancelling, simple past and past participle (US) precanceled or (UK) precancelled)

  1. (transitive) To cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it.

Noun

precancel (plural precancels)

  1. A postage stamp or mail item that has been precancelled.

Forms of precancel

Verb
third-person singular presentprecancels
present participle USprecanceling
present participle UKprecancelling
past participle USprecanceled
past USprecanceled
past participle UKprecancelled
past UKprecancelled
alternative formpre-cancel
Noun
pluralprecancels

Origin of precancel

From pre- + cancel.

Questions about precancel

What does precancel mean?
Precancel means to cancel or frank (a postage stamp) prior to posting it.
What part of speech is precancel?
Precancel can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of precancel?
The past tense of precancel is precanceled.

Words near precancel in the dictionary

  1. precambered
  2. Precambrian
  3. precame
  4. precampaign
  5. precampaigns
  6. precancel
  7. precancelation
  8. precancelations
  9. precanceled
  10. precanceling
  11. precancellation

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